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RTN Editor
11/20/2001
20:51:50
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 Subject: RE: Houston Press Dome Run
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Based on the "guesstimations" of the RTN staff, we estimate that the Dome Run course was between 2/10's and 1/4 of a mile long.
This is not a scientific determination (we'll certainly get that when Tom McBrayer weighs in with his two cents), but rather a comparison of certain finishers' times with other times that those same athletes have run on other certified courses.
Obviously, there's some inherent flaws with this method (such as variance in weather conditions on race day, elevation changes in the two courses, etc.), but we've try to factor those in and have become fairly adept at estimating the course distance through this method.
Lance Phegley
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Fanny Scales
11/21/2001
14:04:41
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The results are as acurate as the 10K measurement was.
The 2nd and 3rd overall female finishers
were faster than the 1st overall male and female.Oups!
http://www.houstonpress.com/domerun/2001/
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RTN Editor
11/21/2001
14:42:48
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Obviously, we have no control over what others print, but the results on our web site (and in our magazine) are correct (well, at least they match what was provided to us).
Lance Phegley
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Ken Yanowski
11/21/2001
21:43:28
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Lance, you probably should put an asterisk or ? next to the caption "certified course" on your results page.
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Ken Yanowski
11/22/2001
23:21:25
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What Fanny Scales was refering to was the results on the Houston Press web site. Any person that finished in a time starting with a 4 (as in 40 minutes) has a 3 (as in 30 minutes) listed in place of the 4, so it definitely gives the results an artistic flair to say the least. It appears that the results on the R-T-N web page are correct.
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